For some people, the sight of a spider egg sac is incredibly unsettling. They may be tempted to immediately destroy or remove ...

Shrapnel from Marines anniversary demonstration detonates over California interstate and hits squad car, highway patrol says $55,000 in stolen jewelry was melted, including widow's wedding ring, NC ...

There’s been carnage in the suburbs, as Australians once again embrace a tradition of hanging plastic spider webs to ...

There’s been carnage in the suburbs, as Australians once again embrace a tradition of hanging plastic spider webs to celebrate Halloween. In Sydney, witnesses say a distressed k ...

The concept is both eerie and endearing: Milo sits behind an old picture frame wrapped in stretchy fake spiderwebs, creating ...

Bill Condon’s Broadway adaptation features a career-best turn by J.Lo, and excellent work by Tonatiuh and Diego Luna Why do we go to the movies? What is the allure that has kept the silver screen ...

Tucked away in Chester County, Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown offers a slice of natural paradise that makes you wonder if you’ve accidentally wandered into a landscape painting. This 1,705-acre ...

Spiders’ webs come in all shapes and sizes, from funnel webs to sheet webs and the classic orb web – the sort you imagine for ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Made from a silk that’s distinct from the ordinary web scaffolding surrounding them, stabilimenta reflect ultraviolet light, leading some scientists to suggest their function is primarily ...

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.

Many spider species build spiral wheel-shaped webs – orb webs – to capture prey, and some incorporate so-called “stabilimenta ...